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As you may know by now, April 15th 2012 will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. This audio compilation makes it possible to hear the words of survivors, engineers, boat-builders and more in their own voices. Contains 45 archive clips at around 2 minutes in length, over 2 CDs.
Synopsis
RMS Titanic was launched in Belfast in 1911. On April 1912 she sailed from Southampton en route for New York on her maiden voyage with 2228 passengers and crew on board. On 14th April, she struck an iceberg and sank in just two and a half hours. This title tells the story of a great tragedy as described by survivors on board that night.